Andy relives the movies
Tuesday 24th November 2009, 2:30PM GMT.
ANDY PRIAULX has spoken about his Days of Thunder moment at the weekend as he wrapped up a disappointing 2009 season in Macau.
The East Asian track is a favourite of the Sarnian, having won three World Touring Car Championships there.
But the tight and twisty street circuit also takes no prisoners and the final meeting of the 2009 series was full of incident with a number of the drivers taking trips to hospital.
Priaulx was forced out of race one when he was shunted into the barrier before the first corner.
But it was during the second race when his heart was in his mouth after rival Tom Boardman spectacularly flipped in front of him and Priaulx had to drive under the airborne Seat.
BMW driver Priaulx wrote on his website that it was just like a scene from the big-budget Tom Cruise Nascar film.
‘He hit the barrier on the right, went straight across the track into the barrier on the left, which then launched him,’ said Priaulx.
‘I literally had to drive under his flying car. It was like a scene from Days of Thunder.’
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